Fullstack Software Engineer - Payroll & Benefits Platform for HR
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Job description
When companies choose Alan, HR teams are the ones making it happen: enrolling employees, managing payroll contributions, and handling billing. Our mission is to make these processes frictionless, reliable, and even delightful. Responsibilities
- Engineer our employee affiliation engine: reliably process thousands of lifecycle events daily.
- Simplify payroll and billing: craft tools that HR teams love ?.
- Build seamless integrations: connect with platforms like Payfit and Workday so things "just work."
- Automate workflows at scale: adapt solutions to companies of all sizes across multiple countries.
- Make billing delightful: ensure invoices are accurate, reliable, and easy to manage.
- Collaborate across teams: partner with product, design, and ops to deliver a unified experience.
Why this role is special
- Work on mission-critical systems powering Alan's growth and renewals.
- Impact hundreds of thousands of lives, making it simple for companies to use Alan.
- Solve complex business and technical puzzles while maintaining our "uncompromising simplicity" principle.
- Shape product direction and experience, not just ship code.
- Join a team obsessed with engineering excellence and continuous learning.
About Alan
Alan is on a mission to make prevention the new norm of care. We help people live healthier lives while turning health benefits into a strategic investment for employers. Our vertically integrated health partner connects all aspects of care - private, public, and direct-to-consumer - creating the most member-centric experience. Scale & reach: 35,000+ companies, 950K+ members, €680M+ ARR. Team: 700 people across France ??, Spain ??, Belgium ??, and Canada ??. Our values
- ? Mission first: long-term thinking and member-focused impact.
- ? Excellence: high standards, distributed ownership, radical transparency.
- ? Growth: honest feedback, bold thinking, collaboration.
- Speed: fight complexity, focus on high-impact work.
Your playground
- Stack: Python/Flask, React, React Native, PostgreSQL.
- What you'll do: ship solutions that handle high complexity and scale across multiple countries, collaborating closely with product and design teams.
- Impact: your work touches core business operations and enables hundreds of thousands of employees to benefit from Alan every day., * Fair rewards & equity packages.
- Flexible office & remote options.
- Top-tier equipment: MacBook Pro, monitor, noise-canceling headphones.
- Flexible vacation & hours.
- Comprehensive healthcare for you, children, and partners.
- Transport support and coaching for personal growth.
- Training budget for conferences, courses, books.
- Extended parental leave for all parents.
Recruitment note
- You may ultimately join the part of the engineering organization where you can have the most impact.
- We hire people, not roles. Don't worry if you don't check every box - high potential and curiosity matter most.
Requirements
- We are looking for software engineers of all experience levels, ideally with backend and full-stack experience.
- Comfortable digging into complex business logic, especially around insurance and payroll.
- Passionate about turning complex processes into simple, elegant solutions.
- Experienced in building scalable systems that handle real-world complexity.
- B2B experience is a plus!
- Well-versed in OOP languages (Python, Java, C#) and excited about modern web technologies (JavaScript).
- Fluent in English (French is a plus but not required).
- Curious, self-starting, humble, collaborative, and eager to grow.